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Government
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the governing body of a nation state or community.
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Power
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the ability to do something or act in a certain way. impose your will onto other with them being willing.
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Authority
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the power or right to give orders
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Legitimacy
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the quality of being accepted as authority often applied to laws or those in power.
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Devine right
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the power to rule comes from God.
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mandate of heaven
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the power to rule comes from god as long as the ruler rules morally.
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social contract theory
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the theory that legitimacy for the government comes from a unwritten contract between the ruler and the ruled and if a ruler breaks that rule then he loses legitimacy and the right to rule and may be overthrown.
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